The Aftermath of Rape (ePub)

Padma Bhate-Deosthali has extensive experience in research, training, and policy advocacy in the areas of gender-based violence, gender in medical education, health policy research, regulation of the private health sector, and women and work, with a focus on health and human rights. She led CEHAT as its Director for 11 years. She was a member of the Steering Group of the GDG-WHO for developing policy and clinical practice guidelines for responding to violence against women and also member of the National Committee under the MoHFW for drafting the 'Guidelines and Protocols for medico-legal care for victims/survivors of sexual violence' in 2014. She coordinated the setting up of Dilaasa, a public hospital-based crisis centre on domestic violence in Mumbai.

Sangeeta Rege has a Master's degree in social work. She has 18 years of experience in engaging the public health sector on gender-based violence and, more recently, on integrating gender concerns in medical education. She is presently the Coordinator of the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT). Sangeeta is trained in social science research, advocacy, training and counselling, and has led CEHAT's legal interventions to facilitate gender-sensitive medico-legal care for survivors of sexual violence in 2013. She has led the upscaling of the Dilaasa hospital-based crisis centres in different states of India and is committed to generating evidence to strengthen the role of health systems in responding to VAW. She has co-edited a a book for Routledge- Understanding VAW/C- Understanding responses and approaches in the Indian health sector (2020)